Maximum Balloon explodes onto solo scene

On this self-titled debut, music savant Dave Sitek and a stacked lineup of guest artists team up to make an album fully capable of inducing both sex and dancing. In fact, the entirety of Maximum Balloon’s tracklist can be separated into one of the two camps when measured by lyrical content and dirty, raw groove.

Sitek, hailed as today’s “most forward thinking person in music” by NME, takes on a electronica dance-hop theme with Maximum Balloon. The album is energized and expanded by a long list of talent, including David Byrne of the Talking Heads.

Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s makes a powerful appearance on the album’s sexiest track, “Communion” to beg and scream, “On your knees, keep that beat,” while Holly Miranda contributes her moan and wail to the very sensual runner-up, “The Lesson.”

The levity of the album’s subject matter makes for fun, yet ephemeral songs. Though you’ll probably never get the chance to see a live set, it’s likely you’ll hear Maximum Balloon (or at least the single “Tiger”) at the next hip party, whether it’s in the dance-room or the bedroom.